NY: George Braziller, 1986. 1st Edition. Paperback. 142p, numerous color illustrations. A clean, tight, unmarked softcover book in very good condition. Just some slight rubbing to covers else almost new. Illustrated scholarly study of one of the oldest surviving Tarot card packs. These dcards date to 15th century Italy. More
London: A. Hancock, 1829. 1st Edition. Leather bound. 72p. Bound in later half calf and marbled boards with new endpapers. Binding slightly rubbed, the entire item in very good condition overall. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Inscription to Theodore Hook, Esq. The book has been trimmed and... More
Florence: Nella Stamperia di Michele Neftenus, 1719. 1st Edition. Leather bound. Bound in full vellum. An interesting binding in which cord has been wrapped around the signatures between the tedtblock and spine and carefully sewn through both spine ends. The cord is newer, having been professionally restored. A few of... More
NY: Viking Press, 1939. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. The second printing of Steinbeck's classic, issued the same month as the true first edition and in the identical format. Tan cloth with red lettering; decorated endpapers with score for Battle Hymn of the Republic. Old bookplate from previous owner on inside front... More
London: Richard Wellington, 1712. 1st Edition. Leather bound. First printing of the English translation of the Latin original. Recently rebound in full leather, with new endpapers. Tear to top corner of first preliminary blank; name clipped off top right of title page in blank margin above ruled border. Pages uniformly... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897. 1st Edition. Leather bound. First state of the first edition in the publisher's deluxe binding of half red morocco and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed along joints and edges. Tiny amount of deterioration to leather in the top and bottom of the front gutter... More
NY: Henry Holt, 1982. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Inscription in ink on title page: For Marks, yours in Crime, Sue Grafton, 7-14-90. A fine hardcover book in like dustjacket. Paper has aged a bit else book and jacket are flawless. The first Kinsey Millhone mystery, More
NY: Dingwall, 1916. Third Edition. Fine in a very good price-clipped dustjacket. Jacket spine lightly faded. The third edition of this work, per Rais bibliography. Collection of biographies of famous women written byv Terhune before his collie books became best sellers. More
London: The Folio Society, 1991. Hardcover. 565p. A 1/2 purple cloth hardcover book with slipcase. Fine condition apart from a former owner's bookplate inside the front cover. The slipcase is in excellent condition except for a slightly worn top edge. The final novel (#6) in the Palliser series. Contains black and white illustrations. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 213p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former woner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Undated 2nd printing of Powell's early novel. Ca. 1973. More
Toronto: George N. Morang & Company, Limited, 1903. Hardcover. 3 vols. 661p; 666p; 641p. A set of three green cloth hardcover books in good condition. Spines tanned. Signatures and bookplates on front endpapers. Newspaper clipping pasted inside front cover of Vol. I. Vol. II's front hinge reinforced with clear tape... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1943. Hardcover. 2 books comprising 3 vols. 432p; 394p. A set of two hardcover books in good condition. The first book lacks the dustjacket. Vol. III does have a dustjacket. Spine of first book faded; light spotting on covers. Both volumes are clean and tight inside... More
London/New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd./E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc., 1960. Hardcover. 2 vols. 638p; 646p. A set of two small hardcover books in very good condition. The books are clean and tight except for a former owner's bookplate inside the front covers. The jackets are edgeworn (slightly more... More
London: Phoenix Press, 2000. Paperback. 685p. A softcover book in near-fine condition. Faint crease in spine. Neat bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A biography of Mary of Teck, Queen consort and Princess of Teck. Contains a section of black and white photographs. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 237p. A decorated ivory cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Cover rubbed. Scribbled-out signature on back of frontis. Occasional pencil notes in margins. Dampstain at top of gutter. Hinges cracked, but repaired. Otherwise, mostly clean, and binding secure. The memoirs of Frances... More
Eugene: Resource Publications, 2015. Paperback. 122p. A softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Sargent interprets Old Testament stories to reveal a message against hostility. More
Cambridge, MA: Cowley, 1985. Paperback. 142p. A black softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. An approach to ecumenical dialogue between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. More
Pleasantville, NY: The Akadine Press, 2000. Common Reader Edition. Paperback. 179p. An indigo softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. The humorous autobiography of the English architectural writer. More
Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2010. Paperback. 325p. A tan softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Contains occasional black and white photographs. More
Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014. Paperback. 308p. A softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Essays on contemporary Catholic theology. Foreword by the cardinal. More
New York: Turtle Point Press/Helen Marx Books, 1998. Paperback. 176p. A softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Berners' memoir of his Eton years. More
New York: Turtle Point Press/Helen Marx Books, 1998. Paperback. 233p. A softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Berners' memoir of his youth. More
London: Penguin Books, 1985. Paperback. 431p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased. Bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. Three short stories about Anglican clergymen. More
London: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1974. Paperback. 304p. A white softcover book in very good condition. The cover is shelf-worn. Inscription on first blank page. Otherwise clean and tight. Edited with commentary by Nevill Coghill. The cover features an image of Rex Harrison from the London production of the play. More